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Precious Dominates The 25th Film Inde...

Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival,...

posted on: Mar 7, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

Spike Lee’s Katrina documentary...

Spike Lee is determined to find out what has happened to South Mississippians since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on...

posted on: Mar 4, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

SCREENPLAY: IN THE LOOP

The full Oscar-nominated screenplay for IN THE LOOP is now available online from our friends at IFC Films. Click here...

posted on: Feb 12, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

Black Women in Hollywood: Don’t Belie

Black women are making it happen in Hollywood, or so it seems. Gabourey Sibide and Mo’Nique are belles of the...

posted on: Feb 12, 2010 | author: Nsenga Burton

Director Pete Chatmon announces Indie...

So you’ve been coming to The Black Box Office since 2008, and now you’re ready to make your first...

posted on: Feb 8, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

When I Rise Premieres at SXSW!

“When I Rise,” a new documentary about Barbara Smith Conrad, an opera singer who overcame racial...

posted on: Feb 4, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

Selling an indie film? There’s ...

Back in October we told you about a film that had just been completed called “Assisting Venus” (check...

posted on: Feb 4, 2010 | author: Daryle Lockhart

BLACK WORLD CINEMA’s “TRU...

The journey of the first 100 Years of Black Cinema begins in Chicago. And so it’s only right that one of the...

posted on: Feb 4, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

Celebrating 100 Years of Black Cinema...

As we all know, February marks Black History Month. But this year, February also marks something else: The 100th...

posted on: Feb 3, 2010 | author: Nsenga Burton

[Review] The End Of Poverty?

Why have so many Third World countries remained impoverished and underdeveloped even after gaining...

posted on: Jan 29, 2010 | author: Kam Williams

[Review] Off And Running

When Tovah Klein emigrated from Israel to the United States, she met and fell in love with Midwesterner Travis Cloud....

posted on: Jan 27, 2010 | author: Kam Williams

[SUNDANCE] Trailer: The Tunnel

This 25-minute film is being shown as part of The New African Cinema spotlight, and is directed by 23 year old South...

posted on: Jan 23, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

[SUNDANCE] Workshop: Finance, Insuran...

After yesterday’s Black Women in Film panel, The Blackhouse Foundation returns to Main Street again today, from...

posted on: Jan 23, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

[SUNDANCE] Trailer: Pumzi

One of the three films we’re most excited about at Sundance this year is “Pumzi”, a sci-fi film,...

posted on: Jan 23, 2010 | author: Daryle Lockhart

[SUNDANCE] Paramount Vantage picks up...

Worldwide rights for the new documentary from Oscar®-winning director Davis Guggenheim (AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH) and...

posted on: Jan 21, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

SI DocFest 2010 Awards to Be Held in ...

The Third Annual Bay Area Social Issues Documentary Film Contest (SI DocFest) will hold its screenings and award...

posted on: Jan 21, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

[SUNDANCE] Trailer: Homewrecker

Mike is a locksmith. He’s also a prisoner on work release, but you wouldn’t know it. He’s just trying to focus...

posted on: Jan 20, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

Trailer: Luis Landivar’s “...

“The Bushwick Teaser is top 5 in Latin America (Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay,...

posted on: Jan 19, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

Film Independent’s Directors Cl...

Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival,...

posted on: Jan 8, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice

[Review] The Burning Plain

If you saw Babel (2006), then you are already familiar with the complicated structure of The Burning Plain. For...

posted on: Jan 8, 2010 | author: Kam Williams

[Behind The Scenes] Bollywood’s...

Yash Raj Films presents an inside look at the making of “Pyaar Impossible“, in theaters this Friday,...

posted on: Jan 6, 2010 | author: Daryle Lockhart

Na Hong-jin’s “The Chaser...

Made in 2008 in South Korea, “The Chaser” is the feature film debut of director Na Hong-jin. It’s...

posted on: Jan 1, 2010 | author: blackboxoffice